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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Michael Moyo

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa

In the 90s, South Africa became an epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. HIV is mostly a sexually transmitted disease. Intravenous drug users are at risk too, however, and so are people who need blood transfusions. HIV/AIDS initially spread fast among the...

Domestic workers
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Working in lawless conditions

Foreign household helpers are often exploited and abused in Lebanon

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Deadly mix: extreme weather, global warming, climate denial

Houston does not look like the American Dream right now

Crowdfunding
Rolf Drescher

Supporting SMEs in Africa

Small and medium-sized enterprises need innovative financing options – and crowdfunding is one

IT
Rolf Drescher

Development of African ­crowdfunding platforms

The development of national African crowdfunding platforms needs to be gradual

Least developed countries
Gebru Jember Endalew

Addressing our climate reality

The least developed countries demand a robust ‘rulebook’ to implement the Paris agreement and call for adequate support

Financing
Oliver Schmidt

Is microcredit a debt trap?

Intricate factors determine if microcredits are a success or failure

Human rights
Eric Wakabi
Joan Esther Kilande

Make contraceptives available

All people deserve to have a broad variety of family-planning options – including in rural Uganda

Youth
Damilola Oyedele

The fates of two teenage mothers

In Nigeria, many girls’ lives are ruined by early pregnancy

Sex education
Damilola Oyedele

Face the truth

Nigeria’s incidence of teenage pregnancies is unacceptably high

Contraception
Renate Bähr

Facts and figures on family planning

Young women, in particular, are unable to use contraceptives and plan their families as they wish

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy